PSG squad is 'all smiles' - Mbappe
Paris Saint-Germain's 2019-20 campaign begins this weekend and Kylian Mbappe is happy with the French champions' preparations.
Kylian Mbappe talked up the team spirit at Paris Saint-Germain as the French champions prepare for their Trophee des Champions clash with Rennes.
Much of the talk at PSG during the close season has centered around the future of wantaway forward Neymar, who is reportedly pushing for a move to former club Barcelona. Gianluigi Buffon and Adrien Rabiot both left for Juventus while young talent Moussa Diaby joined Bayer Leverkusen and Christopher Nkunku moved to RB Leipzig.
But Mbappe insisted the preparations for the new campaign have been positive, with the club's new recruits - Ander Herrera, Pablo Sarabia and Abdou Diallo among them - settling in well.
Next up for the Parisians is Saturday's Trophee des Champions showdown with Rennes, who earned a shock penalty shoot-out win when the sides faced off in the Coupe de France final in April. And last term's Ligue 1 top scorer Mbappe, dismissed in that final defeat, has revenge on his mind ahead of the match in Shenzhen.
"We will have a little feeling of revenge, I think," he said. "This is the start of a new season and that loss in the final really hurt. But above all, this is the start of a new campaign and we will give everything we have to try and win a first trophy."